If you’re shopping for a little something for yourself or as a gift for a niche fragrance lover might I suggest checking out the Le Labo Classic Fragrance Discovery Set? Le Labo fragrances aren’t cheap at $82 to $275 per a bottle but this little discovery set gets their entire catalog of fragrances to try in neat little 0.05 oz mists. There are 17 total scents to try which gives you plenty a huge selection to play with and decide which are keepers and which are scrubbers.

You get:

• Ambrette 9 Eau de Parfum
• AnOther 13 Eau de Parfum
• Bergamote 22 Eau de Parfum
• Fleur d’Oranger 27 Eau de Parfum
• Iris 39 Eau de Parfum
• Jasmin 17 Eau de Parfum
• Labdanum 18 Eau de parfum
• Lys 41 Eau de Parfum
• Neroli 26 Eau de Parfum
• Oud 27 Eau de Parfum
• Patchouli 24 Eau de Parfum
• Rose 31 Eau de Parfum
• Santal 33 Eau de Parfum
• Thé Noir 29 Eau de Parfum
• Tonka 25 Eau de Parfum
• Vetiver 46 Eau de Parfum
• Ylang 49 Eau de Parfum

The set is $89, ships free, and has return shipping as well if you hate it. It’s a perfect gift if you love niche fragrances or have a friend or family member who does.

Get it now at Nordstrom.

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Nordstrom

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Too Faced Diamond Light Multi-Use Diamond Fire Highlighter arrives to celebrate Chinese New Year 2020 and the Year of the Rat. The only problem is everything I keep seeing released in the makeup world for the Year of the Rat is all very mousy and cute looking. I guess rats aren’t terribly cute but mouses are. Case in point, the Too Faced Diamond Light Multi-Use Diamond Fire Highlighter features a cute little mouse on the outer packaging with big ears and a sweet little smile. Not very rat-like to say the least. Hey, cute sells right?

Diamond Fire is not a new shade and is already available in the permanent Too Faced Collection. Only the packaging is limited edition but shade is exactly the same as the permanent with a swirl of blue diamond, pink, and yellow shades. I gotta admit it sort of sucks they re-promoted the same exact shade of highlighter. I guess it’s just cheaper to throw the same formula into a new pair of clothes and market it as limited edition. Shrug.

I actually don’t have the original! It’s super pretty and I remember being excited about it when it launched but my logical side talked me out of purchasing it as I don’t really use highlighter all that much.

Too Faced Diamond Light Multi-Use Diamond Fire Highlighter gets an early launch at HSN for $36 (same as the permanent shades) and should be available from other retailers as we near the Chinese New Year.

What do you think of the packaging? Are mice ok to represent the Year of the Rat?

Where to buy

HSN

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The new, limited edition NARS Afterglow Eyeshadow Palette launched yesterday at sephora.com for Spring 2020 and you can just tell from promo images this might not turn out well. When I purchased the NARS Inferno Eyeshadow Palette I didn’t listen to my gut feeling about it. You see, the promo images looked sort of dry and the same holds true for the Afterglow Eyeshadow Palette. But let’s be real for second because promo images are known to lie right? I mean I’ll peach a blush that I think looks like a great peachy coral in promo image and it turns out to be pink! Promo images are notoriously bad at portraying the actual product. Sometimes this works in your favor and you get something unexpectedly nice and sometimes the promo images don’t lie and you end up with rubbish. NARS promotional images are obviously portraying the true formula and texture of their shadows pretty accurately because Inferno appeared very dry in images and turned out they were indeed!

I actually like the Afterglow Eyeshadow Palette shades but I literally do not trust NARS’ formula at this point having been burned by their last few releases. Kind of sucks how cautious you have to be purchasing luxury makeup lately as back in the day you purchased something from a brand and always ended up with excellent quality for the price but nowadays not so much!

This palette contains 12 shades that are 0.04 oz each and the palette is $59. I really like the pops of tangerine, apricot, and peach! But I’m too wary to indulge and might just wait for someone else to review first.

Shades:

• First Taste (shimmering pale gold)
• Shadow Hill (matte saddle)
• Hot Line (metallic tangerine)
• Whipped (matte warm brown)
• Crushed (matte apricot)
• Mad Love (Matte Peach)
• Push It (iridescent golden pink)
• Riding High (shimmering rose)
• Bayadere I (sparkling bronze)
• Trouble (shimmering coral)
• Deep Cut (metallic fuchsia)
• Guahaquil (bright metallic rust)

The NARS Afterglow Eyeshadow Palette is available now at Sephora.

Do you think I’m right? Will this be a great palette or another mediocre release?

Do share!

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Sephora

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There’s a major sale going on at Birchbox at the moment with many items slashed 50% Off or more! Prices do show full retail but pop them into your cart and the discount will show up!

Here’s some items that caught my eye:

• Lipstick Queen Lipstick Queen Luxury Lip Vault Holiday Set $49
• Stila Cosmetics Ethereal Elements Beauty Boss Lip Gloss Set $30
• The Birchbox x M�A�C Cosmetics Lip Set $17.50
• Benefit Cosmetics Babe on Board Mini Holiday Palette $15
• Laura Geller New York Party in a Palette Collection $14.50
• Benefit Cosmetics Honk If You�re Hot! Holiday Set $20
• MAC Cosmetics Star-Sighting Eyeshadow Compact $14.75
• MAC Taste of Stardom Mini Lipstick Set $37.25
• MAC Cosmetics Star-Dipped Holiday Face Compact $21.25
• Tocca Discovery Collection $19
• Smashbox Cosmetics Cosmic Celebration Divine Shine Gloss Angeles Value Set $13

This is only a small bit of what is on sale do check the site for more great deals!

Where to buy

Birchbox

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Ulta is having another sale for Green Monday! Spend $70 and get a free 23 Piece Mystery Bag of your choice worth $75.

There’s a lot on sale at the moment! A lot! I picked out a few items but there’s tons more. Remember to use 710949 to get $5 off any $15 purchase as well!

Here’s some items that caught my eye:

• 30-40% Off Select It Cosmetics Brushes and Brush Sets
• Too Faced Gingerbread Girl Melted Matte Liquified Long Wear Lipstick $12.50
• NYX Lip Lingerie Liquid Lipstick Vault $25
• Benefit World O’ Blushes Mini Cheek Palette $19
• Soap & Glory Glow All Out Gift Set $18
• 30-40% Off Select Tarte Cosmetics
• Urban Decay Sweet Little Vices $12.50
• 20-30% Off Hempz Holiday 2019
• 30-40% Off Ofra Cosmetics
• 20-30% Stila Cosmetics
• Ulta 12 Days of Beauty $12
• 25-50% Off Becca Cosmetics
• 20-30% Off Colourpop
• Almay Lip Vibes $5
• 25-30% Off Bliss
• 25-30% Off Essence
• 25-30% Off Tree Hut
• Rachel Zoe x Lorac Collection Prices as Low as $9
• 25% Or More Off Bare Minerals Gift Sets
• OPI Holiday 2019 Mini Set $7.25
• Up to 50% Off Beauty Finds by Ulta Gift Sets
• 25% Or More Off Select Morphe

Enjoy!

Where to buy

Ulta

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